Oliver's Story etc.

Some time back, I watched Love Story, and then found a copy of the book (which as I recall is basically the same). My movie review guide panned the film version of the sequel, Oliver's Story, which does change the book to some degree (looking at more than one film summary). For instance, one summary I saw said people at his firm clashed with his ideological views, but in the book his civil liberty work is supported by them. Some reviews at Amazon did like the book and basically so did I. Maybe, this means I should check out the film!

The original is more like a novella while the sequel is over three hundred pages in my paperback, if still rather quick reading. I think the book, once we got into the stream of things, could have at least been fifty pages shorter. But, the book overall is pretty good, including to me basically earning its overall somber tone and ending. Oliver has a serious relationship with a woman, but winds up alone (though suggests maybe he will marry eventually), joining the family business. A sort of "acceptance" level of the stages of grief.

I don't watch much new television, but do as a whole enjoy All Rise. The latest episode overall was a good one, including the young conflicted DA having to make his first parole recommendation in a hate crime case. Lindsey Gort, an actress on the show, 'liked' a tweet of mine involving her character's subplot. Yes, "Joe Paulson" gets a kick out of that sort of thing.